{"id":4758,"date":"2012-04-05T10:57:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/"},"modified":"2012-04-05T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:57:19","slug":"brains-the-mind-as-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Brains: the mind as matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-b9844632444bb05ad58869140e1d0489-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brain3.gif\"\n               title=\"This new exhibition from the Wellcome Collection in the UK examines the complexity of the brain through images, models and tissue slices from human brains (above). Credit: Courtesy of Richard Wingate, Kings College London\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brain3.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/thumbs\/thumbs_brain3.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"265\"\n               data-title=\"Brain slices\"\n               data-description=\"This new exhibition from the Wellcome Collection in the UK examines the complexity of the brain through images, models and tissue slices from human brains (above). 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The tissue sections were impregnated and processed using the reduced silver nitrate method.Credit: Cajal Legacy, Instituto Cajal (CSIC). Madrid (Spain)\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brain2.gif\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/thumbs\/thumbs_brain2.gif\"\n               data-image-id=\"264\"\n               data-title=\"Ganglionic cells  of the trigeminal nucleus of the mouse\"\n               data-description=\"The ganglionic cells of the trigeminal nucleus of the mouse. The tissue sections were impregnated and processed using the reduced silver nitrate method.Credit: Cajal Legacy, Instituto Cajal (CSIC). Madrid (Spain)\"\n               data-image-slug=\"ganglionic-cells-of-the-trigeminal-nucleus-of-the-mouse\"\n               class=\"shutterset_b9844632444bb05ad58869140e1d0489\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Ganglionic cells  of the trigeminal nucleus of the mouse\"\n                    alt=\"Ganglionic cells  of the trigeminal nucleus of the mouse\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/thumbs\/thumbs_brain2.gif\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/brains-the-mind-as-matter\/brain6.gif\"\n               title=\"Slices of Einstein\\&#039;s brain (above). 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